Atmayogaasutra

Author(s): Ram
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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Chapter IV. Mithyayoga (Perversiaty)
1. The Yoga that is neither the Atmayoga nor the Anatmayoga, is the Mithyayogayoga, the hybrid progeny of both. Being a mechanical mixture of both, it is barren and delusive and does not cause the effect of any. The Atmayoga is the true and the right Yoga. But the Anatmayoga is better than the Mithyayoga as it being essentially Anatmik, parades as Atmik,
2. The Mithyayoga may be divided in six categories (1) Mantrayoga (2) Hathayoga (3) Layayoga (4) Rajayoga or Jnanayoga (5) Bhaktiyoga and (6) Karamayoga.
3. The Mantrayoga is the method of controlling the mind of the realiser (sadhaka) through worship and devotion, by means of its own particular Anatmik object, chosen from the manifold objects of the world of name and form. The Mantra is a specific from of the language, it-self a progersy of matter. The Mantrayoga prescribes sthula (gross) or Saguna (with quality) contemplation of Devatas (deities). The Mantrayoga is a kind of the Mithyayoga, tilting towards gross matterism.
4. The Hathayoga comprises the prescribed methods of exercise and practice, which are concerned primarily with the gross matteric body (sthula-sharira). Its psuedo-spirital developments keep its matteric base in tact. It is violence to the body, pure and simple.
5. The Layayoga, including its Kundalini form, is merely the higher form of the Hathyoga. It accepts Shiva as the purest